Deduplicating Tracks on Your iTunes
If you are a practical user who would want to make use of his time wisely, then one thing that can bug you when you are using your computer is when you find out that your iTunes library have numerous duplicate tracks. This does not necessarily mean that you have many copies of this certain track; let's say "A Little Help From my Friends" by the Beatles. Your iTunes might display different tracks but it originates from one file only. So you might have "Help from my Friends" on your track list, and it is annoying to find out that the song is playing many times because of duplicate tracks. Now, this might not only be the case, you might have Colby O' Donis remix of Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" and then another remix from another DJ, and they are in your hard drive. So, when you update your music library you end up with so many versions and so many duplicate tracks. This will of course waste your time while you are trying to sort things out, and then you might also realize that this tune named track 01 is another duplicate of Lady Gaga's "Just Dance". Now if you may wonder, is there any way to deduplicate iTunes?
There are two ways to deduplicate iTunes, one is the hard way, and the other one is the easy way.
The hard way to remove duplicate songs in iTunes is doing it manually, with the risk of eye and neck strains. Also, don't forget the risk of carpal tunnel syndrome. To do this:
Click "File" on the Menu bar, and then click display duplicates. iTunes will display tracks which have resemblance is file name, size on disk or track length, meaning they are not necessarily the duplicates you want to find. Now, you really have to be careful before your delete a track because you might also erase the file on the hard disk. In some cases, deleted tracks cannot be recovered.
If you have sufficient time to waste, then try listening to the tracks and make sure you don't delete tracks with quality (usually, this is easy to figure out by checking out how many kbps the file runs on, for example, a 192 kbps file has more quality than a 96 kbps file, but this is not always the case).
Delete the tracks which are duplicated. Now, you might have thousands of them, so please, if you want to save your time and all your efforts, resort to the second and easy way to automatically deduplicate iTunes.
The easy and most convenient way to erase your double is by using a reliable software that specializes in iTunes management. There are many of these softwares already, but can you really rely on their efficiency? To easily automate the entire process, all you have to do is download Rinse by RealNetworks. This is a plug in that does not only remove duplicate iTunes, it also manages your iTunes in ways unimaginable. Now back to eliminating those dupe iTunes, run this application, and on the main interface, you are going to see three many icons on the tab while you are running iTunes. (You have to be online). To get rid of your duplicates, choose 'fix duplicates'. Rinse would than scan your music library, and this might take a while depending on the size of your library. Rinse will display results and mark duplicates with an "X". To remove the duplicates, first uncheck the tracks you don't want to be removed from your library. Then after that, click "DeDupe All", a very simple and efficient way to clean you library.
If you are a practical user who would want to make use of his time wisely, then one thing that can bug you when you are using your computer is when you find out that your iTunes library have numerous duplicate tracks. This does not necessarily mean that you have many copies of this certain track; let's say "A Little Help From my Friends" by the Beatles. Your iTunes might display different tracks but it originates from one file only. So you might have "Help from my Friends" on your track list, and it is annoying to find out that the song is playing many times because of duplicate tracks. Now, this might not only be the case, you might have Colby O' Donis remix of Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" and then another remix from another DJ, and they are in your hard drive. So, when you update your music library you end up with so many versions and so many duplicate tracks. This will of course waste your time while you are trying to sort things out, and then you might also realize that this tune named track 01 is another duplicate of Lady Gaga's "Just Dance". Now if you may wonder, is there any way to deduplicate iTunes?
There are two ways to deduplicate iTunes, one is the hard way, and the other one is the easy way.
The hard way to remove duplicate songs in iTunes is doing it manually, with the risk of eye and neck strains. Also, don't forget the risk of carpal tunnel syndrome. To do this:
Click "File" on the Menu bar, and then click display duplicates. iTunes will display tracks which have resemblance is file name, size on disk or track length, meaning they are not necessarily the duplicates you want to find. Now, you really have to be careful before your delete a track because you might also erase the file on the hard disk. In some cases, deleted tracks cannot be recovered.
If you have sufficient time to waste, then try listening to the tracks and make sure you don't delete tracks with quality (usually, this is easy to figure out by checking out how many kbps the file runs on, for example, a 192 kbps file has more quality than a 96 kbps file, but this is not always the case).
Delete the tracks which are duplicated. Now, you might have thousands of them, so please, if you want to save your time and all your efforts, resort to the second and easy way to automatically deduplicate iTunes.
The easy and most convenient way to erase your double is by using a reliable software that specializes in iTunes management. There are many of these softwares already, but can you really rely on their efficiency? To easily automate the entire process, all you have to do is download Rinse by RealNetworks. This is a plug in that does not only remove duplicate iTunes, it also manages your iTunes in ways unimaginable. Now back to eliminating those dupe iTunes, run this application, and on the main interface, you are going to see three many icons on the tab while you are running iTunes. (You have to be online). To get rid of your duplicates, choose 'fix duplicates'. Rinse would than scan your music library, and this might take a while depending on the size of your library. Rinse will display results and mark duplicates with an "X". To remove the duplicates, first uncheck the tracks you don't want to be removed from your library. Then after that, click "DeDupe All", a very simple and efficient way to clean you library.
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